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Phil Jones could miss Manchester United’s Champions League second leg against
Real Madrid as he struggles to shake off an ankle injury.

The England defender, who suffered the injury during Monday’s FA Cup win over
Reading, is having intense treatment in the hope of being available for the
game at Old Trafford on March 5 but has definitely been ruled out of
Saturday’s trip to Queens Park Rangers.

“We are working very hard. He has an outside chance for Real Madrid - no more
than that,” Sir Alex Ferguson, the United manager, said. “He is a young man
who went into